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...Thailand we think of coffee as a dessert, so we make it sweet and rich," explains Banrie founder Saichol Payaonoi. He started the company in 1997 with small shops built alongside upcountry gas stations, and he now oversees 104 branches. The 39-year-old former architect and student radical is building up Banrie as a worthy adversary to the American coffee superpower that's become such a big player in his country. "To fight Superman, you can't send an ordinary ape?you need Hanuman," he says, invoking the name of the monkey-god hero of Hindu mythology. "And Banrie...
...want 100 roses spread around her dorm room (though I don’t know why you would spend that kind of money on flowers anyway). There is a high probability that this will freak her out, except on very special occasions. A single flower is sweet. Half a dozen can be charming. A dozen is, of course, nice. Or be inventive: send 11 and hand-deliver the twelfth. So, the important take-away message from these figures: don’t go over a dozen. Always mind the freak-out factor...
...Welcome to Banrie, Thailand's answer to Starbucks. It's a flag-flier for local coffee culture and serves a selection of domestically grown brews prepared the Thai way - with plenty of sugar and coconut milk. "In Thailand we think of coffee as a dessert, so we make it sweet and rich," explains Banrie founder, Saichol Payaonoi. He started the company in 1997 with small shops built alongside up-country gas stations, and he now Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits...
...main bar, yelling ‘Hard Guy Tees!’ and proceeding to chug a handle of Jack Daniels.” The bottle in fact contained iced tea, and Zangrilli maintains that despite such a tough facade, Hard Guy Tees has a similarly sweet core. He cites the company’s recent Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, known as the “Campaign for Lawlessness.” Ostensibly going to benefit “lawlessness and anarchy,” the company has sent a t-shirt to the Red Cross in New Orleans...
...often as the mechanism of suspense. Because Pacino and McConaughey dominate the screen, any “Entourage” fan going for co-star Jeremy Piven (Ari) will be disappointed: he barely gets a word in edgewise. If you like Pacino or McConaughey as something other than a sweet-talking, hot-bodied hunk, however, go see it. You’ll get Pacino as usual and McConaughey as an asshole. For interests other than that, you might just have the feeling you wasted your money and the time you could have spent watching real college football...